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PlayStation 4 to Feature AMD Graphics?

For the PlayStation 3, when it came to the console’s graphics, Sony partnered with Nvidia to produce the RSX ‘Reality Synthesizer’ GPU. According to a report on Forbes, though, for the PlayStation 4, Sony is partnering with Nvidia’s arch-rival AMD instead. Citing “former AMD employees”, the Forbes report says “the processor designer may play a…

The Best Video Games of 2011, Turned Into an Awesome LEGO Movie

This actually aired at the beginning of the recent Interactive Achievement Awards, but since you probably weren’t there, and probably didn’t stream the entire event either, here it is. It was put together by Kooberz, who we’ve featured before. Amazing stuff.

There is a Video Game Dating Site. Sigh.

A site called Date a Gamer has just gone live in the UK, with a “particular slant for helping Gamers hook up”. “Whether you want to date an online player, meet up with fellow geeks, or get some nookie just before you get into another Call of Duty session – this is your site!”, a…

Mario? Mario? Maaarrriioooo!

Moroccan artist Mehdi Annassi throws Mario and Snake together to see what fits. There’s a moustache and a cigarette, so he got the gist of it right. Mario Gear Solid [CGHub]

Meet Admiral Ackbar, Who Still Hasn’t Seen the Original Star Wars

Everyone knows Frank Oz, of The Muppets fame, voiced Yoda in the Star Wars movies. Ditto for James Earl Jones and Darth Vader. But do you know who did the voice for Admiral Akbar, uttering one of the most widely-used lines from the original trilogy (IT’S A TRAP!)? Or the voice of Mr. Head Tentacles…

Air Guitar Hero Works, Lets Amputees Rock Out

A pair of bright sparks from Johns Hopkins University have taken the Wii version of Guitar Hero and turned it into a rehab tool for amputees. Specifically, people missing their hands/fingers. Normally, such an injury (or by-product of surgery) would rule out the playing of games like Guitar Hero, which require, well, fingers, but biomechanical…

Want to Play the New Counter-Strike? Answer Some Questions.

Valve is ramping up participation in the Counter-Stike: Global Offensive beta, promising a whole round of keys will be handed out to people who complete a survey on the game. All you’ve got to do is head here and answer some questions, and “over the coming months [Valve] will make selections from the survey participants”.…

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Total Recall Starts Now!

Time to look back on the history of video games. Just don’t look back in anger, OK?

Will Smith in High-Tops Playing an NES

Hello, Kotaku, and welcome to the mid-week evening open thread! Hope your wednesdays went splendidly. It was a beautiful day in San Francisco. Here, from all around the web, are things for you to check out and maybe talk about. TV sports announcer falls off a stool – It’s hard to be cool. This kid…

Why the Hell is Justin Bieber Giving a Shout-Out to 2K Sports?

From the Beeb’s official Twitter: “shoutout to @Ronnie2K – everyone follow him. good people. thanks for the good time. the eye will heal. ha.” That’s a name-check from Bieber—at 17 million followers, the second-most in all of Twitter—of 2K Sports’ Ronnie Singh, the label’s digital marketing manager. It immediately followed a tweet from Singh that…

Here’s All of Today’s Nintendo News in One Place

Mario’s corporate owners dropped a bunch of news today via their two Nintendo Direct broadcasts and Kotaku was all over it. Whether it’s details about a new, more demonic Brain Age or the longed-for NorthAm release of a great Wii RPG, the links below have the knowledge you seek: • Nintendo Teases 3DS Owners With…

Mass Effect Publisher Wants You to Make the UK Government ‘Fess Up That Aliens Exist

In the far future of Mass Effect, the existence of alien life is a given, with Turian, Hanar and Asari intermingling with humans for decades. EA thinks that there’s Life Out There and it also thinks that the British government is covering up knowledge of the little grey men who’ve visited our little mudball. Or…

This story is no longer available as it is the subject of pending litigation against the prior owners of this site.

This story is no longer available as it is the subject of pending litigation against the prior owners of this site.

This story is no longer available as it is the subject of pending litigation against the prior owners of this site.

More New Vita Content, Starhawk and SSX Demos New This Week on the PlayStation Store

The PS Vita rollout continues with another stacked week of new digital content at the PlayStation store. Vita owners get access to all manner of stuff, from a few free augmented reality games to apps for Netflix, Flickr and Twitter, demos for a few more titles, and several new digital-only games including Plants vs. Zombies,…

Bending the Rules as an Art Form

A man who applies a particular mental skill to play Blackjack, counting cards, will eventually find security standing behind him, strongly suggesting he vacate the premises, when someone working for the casino figures out what he is doing. That man has not brought any external items to the table. He has not smuggled certain cards…

In Syndicate‘s Corrupt Corporate Future, Roving Bands of Game Critics Fight a War of Opinion

It’s not like the original Syndicate. We’ve accepted that. Moved beyond it. This is not Bullfrog’s beloved tactical shooting game from 1993. This is something altogether different, and not every game reviewer likes it. The future changes with each passing moment, ladies and gentlemen, so the future Bullfrog painted in the original Syndicate could easily…

Vita Values

This Wednesday edition of Kotaku’s The Moneysaver catches all the offers, promotions and bargains that can’t wait until the weekend. The Midweek Moneysaver is brought to you by Dealzon. Software • For the new PS Vita, Amazon and Best Buy offer “Buy 2 Games, Get a 3rd Free” sales. Example combo: Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Lumines:…